On West Main Street (U.S. 40) at N 100 West Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Explorers, trappers and traders were here before Brigham Young sent a group, in 1861, to prepare the way for Mormon colonization. But in October 1861 the U.S. Government set apart Uintah Valley for Indian Reservation. In 1905 a portion was opened . . . — — Map (db m44051) HM
On U.S. 40, 0.1 miles east of East Third Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
In commemoration of the Catholic Priest, Father Escalante, who in 1776 came into Utah. He crossed the Green River at Jensen and camped two days at that place. His diary shows that he camped at the junction of the Strawberry and Duchesne rivers . . . — — Map (db m72764) HM
On Highway 40 (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling west.
Suspicious of the strange Indian leading them ever farther west into unknown territory, the two Spanish priests and their party of horsemen struggled through the canyon of the Strawberry River. Fray Francisco Atanacio Dominguez and Fray Silvestre . . . — — Map (db m239630) HM
On U.S. 40, 0.1 miles east of East 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
According to one tradition, the Duchesne River was named after Mother Rose Philippine Duchesne.
Mother Duchesne and the Catholic Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, had started schools in Missouri. The children of many of the early pioneer . . . — — Map (db m72766) HM
On East Main Street, 0.1 miles west of South 100 East, on the right when traveling east.
In 1866-7, U. S. Army made road to Price and Bridge across Duchesne River. At this point Henderson’s Indian Trading Post, Caldwell’s Stage Station and a blacksmith shop were erected. 1905, Army surveyed townsite named for H. P. Myton, Supt. Indian . . . — — Map (db m72760) HM